On 3 May 2010 12:04, Jan-Christoph Borchardt <j...@inquata.com> wrote: > On 3 May 2010 11:15, Alex Lourie <djay...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Sense Hofstede <qe...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >>> On 3 May 2010 11:04, Alex Lourie <djay...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > How about a dinamic ordering in the indicator? >>> > >>> > So if I don't have any music player currently running (or playing), the >>> > an >>> > "active" application should appear first (for example, Firefox, or >>> > better >>> > even - VOIP application, such as empathy or Skype). >>> >>> Very good idea! It would indeed be a huge usability benefit if the >>> applications are sorted on their activity so you can easily set the >>> volume of the application you're most likely interacting with. >>> >> >> You could even "hide" everything else in some kind of a submenu... so you'd >> only see the media player (if running), the application you're running >> currently and the master volume. If current application doesn't support >> audio, then show the first few that do. Everything else could be in "Other >>>" entry. > > Absolutely. By default there should be only one volume slider for all > programs (like now). A control for every program (e. g. gedit …) will > just confuse users.
FYI, 'gedit' there was a joke. Of course there should _NOT_ be an entry for for every programme. > > I am sceptic on how the use cases are anyway: When you are listening > to music, you normally do not watch a movie at the same time. If > certain notifications are masked by loud music, there should be a > function to automatically slightly dim every other sound when a > notification is playing (in a subtle, not in an annoying way, of > course). > -- Sense Hofstede [ˈsɛn.sə ˈɦɔf.steː.də] _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
